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1 have recently been talking to some black end white brothers and sisters
about the major shit hassling us. . few of these people were really into
the real issues but the majority support some outrageous ideas of prejudice
:hat have been re-enforced bv our old friend Uncle Sam.
'o
In late May of last year "race. riots:: ravaged Travis ..FB ~nd the military
got really shook. I mean they were damned concerned ... a riot at an a. r
Force Base?? The MAC Commander, General Catton said, "Although this incident
was limit ed to Travis Air Force Base, it is our opinion that the circumst. ~ncas
were au.h, that tne same potential, to a greater or a lesser degree, exists
at any Air Force installation." ...at any Air Force installation....
The :cirramstances" mentioned are the Incredibly confused issue. The
Travis riots were immediately caused by a race hcftsle, true; but the underlying caiu- was the milit .ry oppression of tha enl.i." zorl man by the military
machine 1"""" j.ilooker saa' black against whiue but che Aeon observer should
have deto'.e^" the tension caused by the oppressive system set up and
maintained the brcss ana ultimately fed and supported by the militaristic
Industrial -ru rate state.
The hV'.r.r-, the true to;;. Brass that is, arc not stupid. In fact they
are Insanely siv, exhibiting a meglomania, yec. capable of recognising the
real threat ta t.hei i existence. • »the People, the oppressed people of the
world, the working class. The Brass are the tools of the rich man, and so,
the military which is governed by the Brass becomes the tool of the rich,
and where do you tl ink that leaves us. "Go into Vietnam under the guise of
fighting for democracy and against communism..." (and come out with great
sources of raw materials, cheap labor, and Profit). Some :coplc realize what
is happening In this country, in this world, yet many others arc supporting
the very people, the very system that oppresses them.
Black people have been under oppression for so lor.;; that many realize
what is happening, what bullshit is going on, and the Brass know it. So what
docs the military machine do to counter this awareness? Rather than beating
the blacks doan, segregating them into separate working and living units like
they had been doing for years (but just can't getaway with anymore), they
turn an oppressed white majority into a formidable force against the blacks.
There is definite racism in tin military used to give rise to this
black-white conflict. The '.J j?S is one of many successful racist measures. The
Intelligence uota (I ) used in this system seems as wholesome as apple ">ie
but in reality is a measure of middle class background rather then of
intelligence or ability. So who knows better about the middle class? Because
of this racist system, black brothers end up with the greater share of shit
jobs, g3t poor advancement and are generally behind the eight ball right from
the start. Bl.' cksget pissed off at whites who benefit from this racism and
bewildered whites net realizing that they are being used, cling to their
privi1 edgedpositions. So the conflict is set up all over the country, overseas,
Army, iiavy, ir Force., The same conflict is further enforced in the military
justice role which always seems to weigh heavily on black brothers, while white
brothers get off with less punishment for the same violations. In short, the
brass's policy is to confuse the Oppression issue With the "typical race" issue
and at Minot, they arc doing just that.
So white and black brothers hate and fight each other and the Brass
step in (by heavy force at first -nd at the conference table second) and
cool everyone out with bullshit like "beer in the barracks" and there goes that
revolutionary tension on a black brother's busted head and a white brother's
broken ribs while small talk of new race policies is the subject of conversation over a few martinis in the plush Officer's Club.
How, here at Minot, we see blacks pissed off at whites and whites pissed
off at blacks and look at sweet smelling Uncle Sam. This is the misunderstanding I'm talking about.
Black and white brothers and sisters must ston hating the shit out of each
other and unite against the Brass. They must join all oppressed people in
their eternr.l cry for justice:
POWER TO THE PEOPLE

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1 have recently been talking to some black end white brothers and sisters
about the major shit hassling us. . few of these people were really into
the real issues but the majority support some outrageous ideas of prejudice
:hat have been re-enforced bv our old friend Uncle Sam.
'o
In late May of last year "race. riots:: ravaged Travis ..FB ~nd the military
got really shook. I mean they were damned concerned ... a riot at an a. r
Force Base?? The MAC Commander, General Catton said, "Although this incident
was limit ed to Travis Air Force Base, it is our opinion that the circumst. ~ncas
were au.h, that tne same potential, to a greater or a lesser degree, exists
at any Air Force installation." ...at any Air Force installation....
The :cirramstances" mentioned are the Incredibly confused issue. The
Travis riots were immediately caused by a race hcftsle, true; but the underlying caiu- was the milit .ry oppression of tha enl.i." zorl man by the military
machine 1"""" j.ilooker saa' black against whiue but che Aeon observer should
have deto'.e^" the tension caused by the oppressive system set up and
maintained the brcss ana ultimately fed and supported by the militaristic
Industrial -ru rate state.
The hV'.r.r-, the true to;;. Brass that is, arc not stupid. In fact they
are Insanely siv, exhibiting a meglomania, yec. capable of recognising the
real threat ta t.hei i existence. • »the People, the oppressed people of the
world, the working class. The Brass are the tools of the rich man, and so,
the military which is governed by the Brass becomes the tool of the rich,
and where do you tl ink that leaves us. "Go into Vietnam under the guise of
fighting for democracy and against communism..." (and come out with great
sources of raw materials, cheap labor, and Profit). Some :coplc realize what
is happening In this country, in this world, yet many others arc supporting
the very people, the very system that oppresses them.
Black people have been under oppression for so lor.;; that many realize
what is happening, what bullshit is going on, and the Brass know it. So what
docs the military machine do to counter this awareness? Rather than beating
the blacks doan, segregating them into separate working and living units like
they had been doing for years (but just can't getaway with anymore), they
turn an oppressed white majority into a formidable force against the blacks.
There is definite racism in tin military used to give rise to this
black-white conflict. The '.J j?S is one of many successful racist measures. The
Intelligence uota (I ) used in this system seems as wholesome as apple ">ie
but in reality is a measure of middle class background rather then of
intelligence or ability. So who knows better about the middle class? Because
of this racist system, black brothers end up with the greater share of shit
jobs, g3t poor advancement and are generally behind the eight ball right from
the start. Bl.' cksget pissed off at whites who benefit from this racism and
bewildered whites net realizing that they are being used, cling to their
privi1 edgedpositions. So the conflict is set up all over the country, overseas,
Army, iiavy, ir Force., The same conflict is further enforced in the military
justice role which always seems to weigh heavily on black brothers, while white
brothers get off with less punishment for the same violations. In short, the
brass's policy is to confuse the Oppression issue With the "typical race" issue
and at Minot, they arc doing just that.
So white and black brothers hate and fight each other and the Brass
step in (by heavy force at first -nd at the conference table second) and
cool everyone out with bullshit like "beer in the barracks" and there goes that
revolutionary tension on a black brother's busted head and a white brother's
broken ribs while small talk of new race policies is the subject of conversation over a few martinis in the plush Officer's Club.
How, here at Minot, we see blacks pissed off at whites and whites pissed
off at blacks and look at sweet smelling Uncle Sam. This is the misunderstanding I'm talking about.
Black and white brothers and sisters must ston hating the shit out of each
other and unite against the Brass. They must join all oppressed people in
their eternr.l cry for justice:
POWER TO THE PEOPLE